Katy has over 15 years’ experience advising on employment law.
Katy represents organisations and individuals on employment-related claims, advisory work and corporate transactions across a range of sectors and jurisdictions.
She has a particular expertise in complex and sensitive internal investigations, employee relations and workplace culture, grievance and disciplinary processes, senior management terms and exits, the employment aspects of private mergers and acquisitions, and redundancy.
Expertise
- Internal investigations, disciplinary and grievance processes
- Senior management terms and exits (with particular focus in the private equity space)
- Unfair dismissal and discrimination claims
- Employment documentation, including employment contracts, staff handbooks, directors’ service agreements and consultancy agreements
- Termination packages and settlement agreements
- Employee relations
- Employment law in corporate transactions
- Conducting Employment Tribunal claims
- Restructuring and redundancy
- Restrictive covenants
- TUPE
- Whistleblowing
- Incentive arrangements
- Pension schemes
Experience
- Advised US public chemicals company on the employment aspects of its acquisition of an environmental solutions technology company, including advice on management terms and unfair dismissal, negotiating settlement agreements and post-closing redundancy consultation process.
- Conducted employment and compliance investigations for an international bank into the alleged conduct of a member of senior management, conduct and culture more generally and a grievance investigation.
- Provided day-to-day employment law support to the Group GC and HR team of an international sports and entertainment experiences company.
- Advised in-house counsel on the breach of confidentiality obligations of a former employee and the defence of claims of automatic unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, sex discrimination and victimisation.
- Worked with the HR Director of a UK based hotel business on settlement terms of a manager exit and the roll-out of new employment contracts for the workforce.
- Advised a global investment management firm on the employment aspects of its acquisition of Nordic data centres and provided ongoing employment law support.
- Advised US public chemicals company on the employment aspects of its acquisition of an environmental solutions technology company, including advice on management terms and unfair dismissal, negotiating settlement agreements and post-closing redundancy consultation process.
- Provided ongoing employment law support for a US private equity firm on the employment aspects of its portfolio investments across the healthcare and energy and infrastructure industry.
- Provided advice to a US entertainment technology company on the redundancy of a UK-based employee.
- Defended a listed British house-building company against claims of age discrimination and unfair dismissal brought by a former main board director seeking £27 million+ in compensation.
- Acted in the defence of an unfair dismissal and perceived disability discrimination claim brought against a leading medical devices company.
- Advised a leading US-headquartered pharmaceutical company on the employment issues arising in connection with its attempt to acquire the shares of a UK lens solution company.
- Defended a leading US airline against an Employment Tribunal claim arising out of the closure of its London-based call centre.
Recognition
Current member of the Management Committee of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Career
Katy qualified as a solicitor in 2007. Prior to joining Keystone Law, she worked at the following firms:
- Gibson Dunn
- Barlow Lyde and Gilbert